Koncepcje oporu we współczesnych naukach społecznych. Główne problemy, pojęcia, rozstrzygnięcia
Conceptions of resistance in modern social sciences (Main problems, notions and solutions)

Author(s): Ewa Bielska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: modern social sciences
Summary/Abstract: The subject of analyses made in the work is the category of social resistance. The explorationsin question used an interdisciplinary perspective, pointing to specific (and not specific)contexts of understanding the category of resistance in philosophy, psychology, sociologyand pedagogy. The category of resistance was presented from the perspective referringto the elements of the theory of subjectivity, transgression, and a reflective construction ofidentity. The analysis covered interpretative perspectives concerning key notions in termsof the studies on resistance such as rebellion, disobedience, contestation, power, oppression,hegemony, emancipation, transgression and counter power. Selected methodological perspectivesconnected with the exploration of social facts of resistance nature were presented.The main theoretical perspectives defining subject, social and cultural context stimulatingthe existence of resistance strategies were shown, as well as theoretical approaches wherethe category of resistance is being ascribed an important role were exposed (e.g. the theoryof new social movements, feminist theory, queer theory and LGBT theory). Selected perspectivesof the studies on resistance in relation to the theory of social deviation (both in itspositive and negative dimension), and the theory of social control were elaborated on. Theimportance of resistance strategies in the space of a citizenship society (referring to both itsclassic and modern perspectives) was described. The main resistance strategies appearing inthis context, pointing to the conditions related to late modernism, post-industrialism andglobalization were pointed out and analysed. Showing particular theoretical perspectives ofresistance explaining the context of their appearance, social role and form of expression, theattempt was made to point to the perspectives of using this category in the studies withinthe scope of social pedagogy.

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